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  • Welcome to The Murphy Institute Blog

    Welcome to The Murphy Institute Blog

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    We are thrilled to be launching the Murphy Institute Blog.  The Joseph S. Murphy Institute (JSMI), part of the School of Professional Studies at the City University of New York, comes out of a singular collaboration among labor unions, city workers, community organizations and academic institutions and their faculty and staff. JSMI is the place

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  • Progressive Urban Policy Meets Albany: 2014

    Progressive Urban Policy Meets Albany: 2014

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    Eve Baron is the Academic Program Manager of Urban Studies at The Murphy Institute New York City Mayor de Blasio came into office on a platform to rewrite the city’s “Tale of Two Cities,” a reference to the stark and growing differences between the life chances of the city’s rich and poor. One of his

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  • March with the PSC on May Day—Thurs., May 1

    Demand $5K for CUNY’s Low-Wage Workers Demand Fair Contracts, Fair Wages and Job Security for All Working People Adjuncts, full timers, faculty, and staff—we need your presence and your indomitable spirit at the May Day march and rally, Thurs., May 1, 5:00 p.m., starting at City Hall. As part of a national mobilization, academic unions

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  • Workforce Development Helping to Bridge the Gap

    Workforce Development Helping to Bridge the Gap

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    Eve Baron is the Acting Associate Director for Worker Education and the Academic Program Manager, Urban Studies In addition to early childhood development programs, building the income-earning capacity of our urban workforce is a critical part of building a more equitable society. Workforce development programs—those that are designed to update and sharpen existing skills, or

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